FARMVILLE, Va. – The Longwood baseball coaching staff is complete, Longwood Head Baseball Coach Ray Noe announced today.
 
Tyler Sullivan, Eric Miles, Brandon Hill and Hayden Craig make up the group of assistants that will help guide and shape the Lancers for the 2025 baseball season, with all in their first year in the program.
 
All four bring collegiate experience to the table as Longwood gears up for its 48th season of baseball.
 
"I couldn't be more excited to welcome Tyler Sullivan, Eric Miles, Brandon Hill and Hayden Craig to our coaching staff," said Noe. "Throughout the interview process, each of them demonstrated an expertise and passion for developing players at the highest level. In addition, their dedication to building strong relationships, implementing top-tier systems, and bringing relentless energy to the field will be instrumenting in driving our program's success—both this season and in the years to come."
 
Sullivan comes to Longwood following one season as an assistant at Eastern Michigan after a successful run at Seton Hill, his alma mater.
 
In his lone season at EMU, he helped guide the Eagle offense to be one of the top outfits in the MAC. The team boasted a batting average of .300, third in the league, to go with 99 doubles and 12 triples, both second best in the MAC.
 
In addition, the Eastern Michigan offense struck out the second-fewest times in the league, and the team stole 78 bases.
 
At Seton Hill, he helped the team rack up a 161-64 record in his time there. In his final season, the team won a whopping 48 games while winning an NCAA regional, and he helped Seton Hill win a pair of regional titles during his time in in Greensburg, Pa.
 
In 2023, he helped the team win the PSAC tournament title in addition to winning the NCAA Divison II Atlantic Regional and advancing to the NCAA super regional. The team also won the western conference of the PSAC.
 
In 2021, he helped Seton Hill win the western conference of the PSAC and advance to the conference tournament championship game. Seton Hill earned an at-large bid to the NCAA D-II Atlantic Regional and promptly swept three games in four days to advance to the NCAA D-II World Series.
 
Sullivan played his final three years of collegiate ball at Seton Hill after playing two seasons at Evansville. At Seton Hill, he started 161 games over his three years, and he was the 2018 PSAC tournament MVP. He batted .341 in his career there with 40 extra-base knocks and 89 RBIs. He earned his bachelor's degree in sports management before also earning his MBA from Seton Hill a year later in 2018.
 
Miles joins the Longwood coaching staff as the team's pitching coach after spending two seasons at Campbell, where he was the Director of Pitching Development/Camp Coordinator.
 
In his first season on staff, he helped the Camels go 46-15 overall while sweeping through the Big South Tournament and advancing to the Columbia regional final.
 
Prior to Campbell, Miles was the pitching coach for the Morehead City Marlins of the Coastal Plain League in 2022, and he helped the Marlins pitching staff post league best numbers in strikeouts, batting average against and WHIP.
 
Miles also spent time on staff at Florence Darlington Tech in the two year ranks, helping the program lead the region in team ERA and strikeouts.
 
A former Presbyterian standout, Miles is the program's all-time wins leader with 24 and is one of just four pitchers in Blue Hose history to record more than 200 strikeouts. He also was a pitcher for the Morehead City Marlins and was named the CPL Pitcher of the Year.
 
Craig comes to Longwood after working in the fall as the recruiting coordinator at Walters State Community College following five successful seasons at Division III Piedmont.
 
At Piedmont, he worked as an assistant before being promote to associate head coach in his final season, and he coached a variety of all-conference, all-region and all-academic players. He had three top-ranked recruiting classes at the D-III level while there.
 
He helped guide Piedmont to the Collegiate Conference of the South's inaugural baseball tournament championship in 2023, where the Lions entered as a four seed before winning four games in five days.
 
The team again won 25 games in 2024 and went 12-6 in CCS play.
 
Over his five seasons at Piedmont, the Lions had a winning season five times, and they went 29-10 in his first season on staff while finishing an impressive 19-3 in USA South conference play.
 
Craig began his coaching career at the high school level in Michigan, and he helped take Hudson from an 11-win team prior to his arrival to the state title game in 2017.
 
As a player, he helped Adrian claim four MIAA regular season and conference tournament titles, and the team went 133-51 with four NCAA Regional appearances there. He earned his bachelors degree in education from Adrian in 2015.
 
Hill comes to Longwood after a season on the staff as a pitching intern at Richmond, where he helped the Spiders to the Atlantic 10 Championship game. He then worked as an intern at Cressey Sports Performance, helping build individualized programs for strength and conditioning for high school, collegiate and professional athletes.
 
A player at Roanoke, he posted a 2-4 record in his collegiate career across 31.1 innings of work. He graduated in 2023 with his degree in health and exercise science.
 
Hill is tied to Longwood through his father, Eric, who is a 1994 graduate and was part of the 1991 team that went to the semifinals of the Division II World Series while going 41-8.
 
The Lancers will open the season with an eight-game homestand that begins Friday, Feb. 14 when Wright State comes to Buddy Bolding Stadium. First pitch of the three-game series between the two teams is set for 3 p.m.
 
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